Latest expert articles
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Implementing guidelinesDiabetes in chronic kidney disease requires practical, evidence-based care
Dr Pam Brown and Dr Colin Kenny discuss recommendations from a new international guideline on diabetes management in patients with chronic kidney disease
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Top tips
Top tips: managing long COVID
Dr Ashish Chaudhry and Dr Harsha Master offer nine top tips for recognising and managing long COVID-19 symptoms in primary care
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COVID-19 vaccination programme: practice pointers for primary care
Dr Claire Davies outlines some practical points and challenges for primary care involvement in the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign
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Abnormal uterine bleeding: management in COVID-19 and beyond
Dr Anne Connolly discusses how women with abnormal uterine bleeding can be managed, including when examination and investigations are required
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Top tips: sicca syndrome
Dr Aisling MacCormac provides nine top tips on managing the symptoms of sicca syndrome in primary care
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Top tips
Top tips: learning disabilities and COVID-19
Dr Claire Davies offers 10 top tips for primary care on caring for patients with learning disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, including preparing patients for winter
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Implementing guidelines
Osteoporosis: assessing and managing patients at low, high, and very high risk
Dr David Stephens introduces a consensus guideline to assist primary care in the assessment, management, and treatment of osteoporosis
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Implementing guidelines
Interim guidance aims to reduce confusion around asthma management
Dr Sinan Eccles discusses how the interim All Wales guideline offers pragmatic advice to primary care to help address conflicts in current guidance for asthma
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Top tips
Top tips: contraception and COVID-19
Dr Toni Hazell explains why seizing the opportunity to offer long-acting reversible contraception is more important now than ever
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Hot topic
Supporting primary care to recognise cancer in the COVID-19 era
Dr Anthony Cunliffe discusses barriers to cancer diagnosis and investigations imposed by the pandemic and how to overcome them
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Implementing guidelines
Pregnancy and rheumatic diseases: best practice and prescribing considerations
Professor Ian Giles and Professor Caroline Gordon describe best practice in the care of women of child-bearing age with inflammatory rheumatic diseases before, during, and after pregnancy
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Implementing guidelines
Acne vulgaris: manage patient expectations and optimise treatment
Dr Kash Bhatti and Dr Bruce Pollock summarise the recently updated PCDS pathway on acne vulgaris and outline what to consider when managing the condition
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Implementing guidelines
People with tinnitus need continuing information and support
Dr Emma Dickson explores the range of possible impacts tinnitus can have on individuals and outlines NICE guidance on assessing and managing this common condition
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Implementing guidelines
Type 2 diabetes: maintain glycaemic control to prevent complications
Dr Samuel Seidu and Professor Kamlesh Khunti discuss the recommendations of the Primary Care Diabetes Europe position statement on the management of type 2 diabetes
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Implementing guidelines
Treating allergic rhinitis helps improve asthma symptoms
Dr Glenis Scadding describes an algorithm that summarises how to actively manage allergic rhinitis to improve symptoms in people with asthma
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Key learning points
Key learning points: GP appraisal 2020
Dr Honor Merriman summarises the latest changes to the GP appraisal process in four key learning points
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Top tips
Top tips: urinary incontinence in women
Dr Toni Hazell shares 10 top tips on diagnosing and managing urinary incontinence in women
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Top tips: joint pain
Dr Louise Warburton offers 10 top tips on the diagnosis and management of joint pain in primary care
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Differential diagnoses
Change in bowel habit: what’s the diagnosis?
Dr Michael Sproat uses five hypothetical case studies to explore possible causes of a change in bowel habit and how to diagnose and manage these in primary care
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Implementing guidelines
Osteoporosis: target treatment on the basis of fracture risk
Dr David Stephens summarises new recommendations from the updated SIGN guideline on the management of osteoporosis and prevention of fragility fractures
